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Perryville Battlefield

Perryville, Kentucky
County of Boyle.
South Buell Street
National Register Number: 66000356
 Resource type: Site.
Property type: Defense - battle site. The threat level was Watch in
2006.
Congressional District: KY - 6 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Part is State Park: http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/perryvil.htm.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 19, 1960):
Site of the battle in October 1862, which climaxed the major Confederate invasion of Kentucky, and in conjunction with the Battles of Antietam, Iuka, Corinth, and Newtonia broke the back of a Confederate offensive along a 1000-mile front.

Condition:
Proposed cell tower threatens the integrity of the setting/viewshed. CWPT expects to acquire 150 acres of the battlefield in 2006.


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